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Systems and methods for obesity diagnosis and/or treatment

a technology of obesity and system, applied in the field of systems and methods for obesity diagnosis and/or treatment, can solve the problems of delivering energy to the stomach, affecting so as to reduce the ability of the stomach to expand or contra

Active Publication Date: 2020-08-25
LIFESPAN CORP +1
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This approach enables personalized obesity treatments by accurately identifying gastric dysrhythmias and providing higher resolution diagnostic tools for obesity and other conditions, potentially increasing treatment effectiveness and patient confidence in outcomes.

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Delivering energy may damage smooth muscle tissue of the stomach.
Delivering energy may damage nerve tissue that at least partially controls the ability of the stomach to expand or contract.

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[0022]Reference will now be made in detail to examples of the present disclosure, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers will be used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like parts.

[0023]Diagnostic tools of the present disclosure may be used to identify patients with gastric motility dysrhythmias that may contribute to their obesity. Upon diagnosis, medical practitioners may be able to provide these patients with personalized obesity treatment(s). These personalized treatments may increase a patient's ability to lose weight. Devices and methods of the present disclosure also may be used as higher resolution diagnostic tools for broader applications, such as, e.g., diagnosing and / or treating nausea and gastroparesis.

[0024]These higher resolution research tools and / or diagnostic tools could be used to identify reproducible dysrhythmias in obese patients, and potentially link dysrhythmias to different ob...

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Abstract

A system for treating a gastrointestinal tract may include a device configured to measure electrical activity at a plurality of locations within a gastrointestinal tract of a patient, a controller configured to compare the measured activity from the plurality of locations to a database of electrical activity corresponding to one or more gastric events, abnormalities, or dysrhythmias. The controller may be configured to determine one or more treatment locations based on the comparison, and cause the device to deliver therapy to the one or more treatment locations.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C § 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 412,001, filed on Oct. 24, 2016, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]Various examples of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for obesity diagnosis and / or treatment.BACKGROUND[0003]Obesity is a growing epidemic with approximately two-thirds of the American population being overweight or obese. Obesity is a state of excess adiposity, and the current treatment options include lifestyle modification, pharmacotherapy, and bariatric surgery. Lifestyle modification is only effective for five percent of those who try it, pharmacotherapy is limited in efficacy in addition to adverse side effects, and bariatric surgery qualification is rigorous, resulting in a very small patient pool that end up receiving surgery.[0004]Scintigraphy and MRI provide evidence of disrupted motility patt...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61N1/36A61B90/00A61B5/0488A61B5/0245A61B18/00A61N1/378A61B5/00A61B18/14
CPCA61N1/378A61B18/1477A61B5/4283A61N1/36007A61B5/04884A61B5/4255A61B5/4238A61B2018/0022A61B2018/00267A61B2018/00023A61B5/6843A61B5/6873A61B5/4869A61B5/6844A61B18/1492A61B2090/065A61B2018/00494A61B2018/00839A61B5/6852A61B5/0245A61B2018/00577A61B5/6871A61B5/4227A61B5/392
Inventor HILLER, JERI ANNSNYDER, PETER J.STORBECK, GENE THOMASMANNING, KALIMELLO, SELINA M.ROCKWEILER, HOLLY ELIZABETHHINGSTON, JOHN ALLENHE, DING SHENGWINSOR-HINES, DAWNRICH, HARLANCORCORAN, KATHLEENROYE, GARY DEANRYDER, BETHVITHIANANTHAN, SIVAMAINTHAN
Owner LIFESPAN CORP